Coin-operated opera-glass receptacle



(N0 Model.)

J. J. MODADE, COIN OPERATED OPERA GLASS REGEPTAGLE.

Nq, 483,939. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

NITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

JOHN J. MCDADE, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COIN-OPERATED OPERA-GLASS RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,939, dated October 4, 1892. Application filed October 26, 1889. Renewed February 16, 1892- Serial No, 421,756. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MCDADE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Operated Opera- Glass Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coin-operated lock boxes or receptacles for opera-glasses in theaters and other places of amusement that are intended to be permanently fixed in place convenient to the seats to furnish a glass for use upon depositing a coin of given denomination in the receptacle.

These improvements consist in a novel construction of lock for receptacles of this kind and in the production of a receptacle for opera-glasses having several novel features, all as hereinafter fully described.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the manner in which I construct, apply, and carry out these improvements, and are referred to by letters in the following description.

Figure 1 represents the receptacle in front view, with the opera-glass in place and the lid locked, portions of the front wall of the case being broken away to expose parts inside. Fig. 2 is a side view in vertical section. Fig. 3 is atop view with thelid open. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the locking device, showing the posilion of the parts when the lid is unfastened.

A indicates the case or receptacle, B the lid or door that closes the opening through which the opera-glass is removed, andX is the glass. The lid is attached at the back by hinges 12b, and the hasp or keeper D of the lock is fixed under the front ed e of the lid.

D D are hook-bolts having hooked or bent ends d to grasp and hold the hasp between them when closed upon it. The lower ends of the bolts are pivoted at g to the case, and at some point above the pivots a spring E is applied to draw the bolts toward each other, by which means the hooked ends are held against the keeper D from opposite sides when the lid is shut. The contrary movement of the bolts to release the lid is effected by the direct action of the coin, which is inserted at the slit H and pressed back into the inclined passage behind it.

The space between the bolts D that set on opposite sides of the coin-slit,is-less than the diameter of the coin so insert-ed, andthe two bolts are .therefore spread apart a distance equal to the width of the coin employed. The movement of the hooked ends at such timeis sufficient to bring them clear of the hasp D and release the lid.

The coin-slit is made of suitable size .to admit coins of a given diameter and thickness only, and the bolts D are so shaped and placed that a coin of smaller size will not move the bolts or will not spread the two hooked ends clear of the hasp.

In connection with this look I provide a device to hold the bolt back when the lid is raised and the opera-glass is not in place in the case, in order to prevent the case from being closed and locked at such time and until the glass is replaced. This device consists of the movable spring-bottom K in the case and the rod M, fixed to this plate and carrying a cross-head M on the top. Springs L L under the bottom plate K act to press it up and lift the glass X as soon as the lid is released, and the cross-head sets between inclines d on the edges of the bolts and plays up and down with the spring-bottom. When the cross-head is elevated by the upward movement of the bottom K, the bolts are held apart and cannot be brought toward each other or into position to grasp the hasp D as long as the bottom remains elevated. This prevents the case from being accidentally closed when the opera-glass is out. The springs L can be of sufficient strength to raise the opera-glass above the rim of the case when the lid is unlocked. A spring I is applied to the lid to throw it open.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a case or receptacle having an opening controlled by a lid, the locking device consisting of the hasp or part D, the hooked bolts D D, and spring E, cross-head and setting between said bolts, as placed for operation with relation to a coindescribed. IO slit in the case, as described, the said bolts In testimony that I claim the foregoingI being adapted to be separated by the direct have hereunto set my hand and seal;

5 action of the inserted coin. JOHN J. MCDADE. [L. s.]

- 2. The combination, with the lid having the Witnesses: hasp D, of the spring-bolts D D, the yield- OHAS.'A. KELLY,

ing bottom K, and the rod M, carrying a J 0s. E. FORD. 

